ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,505, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electric motor with a short-circuit reduction part, compressor, blower, refrigerator" was invented by Takuya Sakuragi (Osaka, Japan), Yoshiki Yasuda (Osaka, Japan), Daiki Miwa (Osaka, Japan), Akio Yamagiwa (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroshi Hibino (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor includes a stator; a rotor facing the stator a first direction and configured to be rotatable in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction; and a short-circuit reduction member, wherein the rotor includes a main magnet having a first magne...